This is a nice way to wake up on Friday morning. Via Andy Towle, we learn that Tim Ravndal is the president of Montana’s Big Sky Tea Party Association. This happened on his Facebook page:
In case you can’t read the text, the original post is a whiny, victimized statement about Tradishnul Murge, which says:
“Marriage is between a man and woman period! By giving rights to those otherwise would be a violation of the Constitution and my rights.”
The poor grammar of the teabagging leader is completely unexpected, of course, as Tea Partiers are usually such wordsmiths. Note the malcontent mindset wherein if another person has equal rights, the teabagger’s rights are being violated. Far too few people understand that the political “philosophy” (to use the term very loosely) of the Tea Party movement is basically I’m White And I’ve Got Mine.
Moving along. Tim Ravndal’s friend “Dennis Scranton” then leaves a comment which says:
“I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions.”
Haha! Because Matthew Shepard was murdered in Wyoming and hung on a fence to die! Haha! Teabaggers are totally normal people!
Then (haha!) Tim Ravndal replies back, in an equally awkward version of the English language as his original posting:
“Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?”
Haha! Maybe Wyoming has a how-to guide for killing faggots! Haha!
A note on language:
Dear Teabaggers,
English is the language of the United States of America. Either learn it and assimilate or leave.
That is all. Oh, and “Ravndal” sounds kind of foreign, so maybe somebody should check his papers. He certainly doesn’t act like an American citizen.
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But they love us, you know. They just “disagree with us”.
I wrote a letter to these two vilians.
here it is.
Dear (Tim) (Dinnis)
I writing you, to share a letter I think you should read. I hope you are blessed to read it, and the God of gods opens your heart and mind. I pray you learn that discrimination was never part of Christ message. Christ spoke against all forms of discrimination. The letter to Louise is a careful study from a baptist scholar. Please read it and learn from one of the masters. Its located here. http://www.godmademegay.com/
Here’s a tip for you, Mr. Wordsmith: Know when to stop.
Tim Ravndal’s repellent homophobia speaks for itself, and should be allowed to do so. Throwing in the grammar flame and the unsubstantiated smear of racism is as obnoxious as a laugh-track in a sitcom, and announces to the reader: “I don’t trust you to draw the appropriate conclusion about Ravndal, so permit me to point out that he’s a sloppy writer and possibly hates dark-skinned people.”
Oh, sorry, did you just hear about the Tea Party movement for the first time today?
I’ll let you do some research, acclimate yourself to the material, and then come back and correct your comment at a later date, then.
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Ravndal is a foreign sounding name – Norwegian, and I have many honorable ancestors with that name. It shames me that this particular Ravndal is a distant cousin.
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“Marriage is between a man and woman period! By giving rights to those otherwise would be a violation of the Constitution and my rights.”
I would really like to be informed which statement in the Constitution of the United States gives you the ‘right to discriminate.’
By stating that, if gays were to marry, you would somehow lose your rights is confusing.
Which right is it that you would be losing?